Lawyer for Nitcharee Peneakchanasak blames SMRT for double-amputee's accident | Bangkok Post: news

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Lawyer blames SMRT for accident

The lawyer for a Thai double-amputee who lost both of her legs after she was hit by a train in Singapore has blamed a lack of safety precautions at a Singapore Mass Rapid Transit (SMRT) station for the accident.

Nitcharee Peneakchanasak, better known as Nong Than, is pictured in this file photo from  Dec 2011. (Photo by Apichart Jinakul)

Nitcharee Peneakchanasak, 17, fell onto the tracks at the Ang Mo Kio SMRT station on April 3, 2011.

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  • banmebkk

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    Discussion 1 : 15 Mar 2013 at 17.201

    Sorry for her tragic accident, but that is the risk. Its like you fell on to the road and got hit by a car, are you going to sue the government? or the driver? I do think the SMRT insurance should cover her medical cost for the rest of her life.

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